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Agiato up for early November
Agiato up for early November
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Meal Ticket just touched base with chef Joseph Scarpone, who says the first few weeks of November should see the opening of Agiato at 4359 Main Street in Manayunk.
"The fine dining concept is � I don't want to say it's a dying animal � but people are moving more toward a casual setting," says Scarpone, whose new all-day panini/small-plate/wine bar concept is a 180 from his highly regarded Sovalo (now Kong), which he closed in October 2008. "Smaller plates give people more options and gives them a more dynamic experience." They'll open at 7 a.m. to offer full breakfast and coffee, and Scarpone says there's no reason why he won't be able to keep the 30-seat space (with a 12-person communal table) running till last call if demand necessitates it. (He and his partners from the Belvedere Restaurant Group are also working on Agiato Bread Company a few doors down from the restaurant; this retail space will supply both Scarpone's restaurant and Matthew Levin's forthcoming Rubb.)
Food-wise, they'll do a seasonally driven selection of panini, salads and soups, plus small plates. Scarpone says hearty fall-weather items like ribollita (Tuscan cabbage, bean and bread soup) and sandwiches like porchetta with broccoli rabe and bresaola (cured beef) with pickled raddichio will appear on his opening menu. The wine list will be "very heavily old world," with a tight by-the-bottle and by-the-glass selections spanning Italy, France and Spain, with a little Cali mixed in for good measure. (Scarpone knows Napa � early in his career he cooked under chef Michael Chiarello at Tra Vigne.)
As for the Manayunk location � Scarpone hopes projects like his and Levin's will be a shot in the arm for the area. "Marc, Stephen and Jose, they can carve up Center City," laughs Scarpone. "Let's hang out out here and have our fun."
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